Bachelor’s degree
Global Hope Scholarship — Undergraduate
Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation
What it covers
- Tuition
- No universal tuition-waiver percentage in the foundation-wide record. Check your university’s award package.
- Support duration
- Up to 8 academic semesters, limited to the remaining supported degree period.
- Living support
- The foundation grant is recorded below as a semester award, not an additional monthly stipend.
- Cash award
- Foundation policy: KRW 4,800,000 per semester; confirm the amount and allocation in your university’s offer.
- Other support
- SNU’s closed Fall 2026 undergraduate call paired tuition exemption with KRW 800,000 monthly living support. That package is specific to SNU and must not be added again to the semester grant.
Can you apply?
- Nationality
- Nationality of a country included in the applicable OECD DAC List of ODA Recipients; verify the list used by your university.
- Grades / GPA
- Strong academic performance; university nomination thresholds can differ.
- Korean / TOPIK
- TOPIK level 2 or higher.
- Other conditions
- Financial need and commitment to service and foundation activities.
- Admission to or enrollment at a recommendation partner is required.
- GKS recipients and applicants with any semester of Korean primary or secondary schooling are excluded.
- Vacancies and country quotas are checked separately by each university.
Verified partner universities
The foundation names 19 recommendation partners. A listed university does not imply a vacancy in every intake.
This award requires a nomination. Apply through the partner university’s scholarship office. The university nominates candidates for foundation review and interview.
This is a partial list of documented partner links. Check the current foundation and university notices for the full eligible scope.
- Kangwon National University
- Kyungpook National University
- Kyung Hee University
- Korea University
- Dongguk University
- Pusan National University
- Sogang University
- Seoul National University
- Sungkyunkwan University
- Yonsei University
- Ewha Womans University
- Inha University
- Chonnam National University
- Jeju National University
- Chung-Ang University
- Chungnam National University
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Handong Global University
- Hanyang University
How to apply
Apply through the partner university’s scholarship office. The university nominates candidates for foundation review and interview.
- Intake / policy
- Standing Global Hope policy; the next university nomination call must be checked.
- Application dates
- University recommendations normally occur in January and July. Checked 2026 calls are closed; no open next-intake deadline is established here.
- Keep your award
- Continue only within the supported degree period and the foundation/university’s renewal review. Extra semesters are not covered.
From a possibility to a plan
Your application steps
Apply through the partner university’s scholarship office. The university nominates candidates for foundation review and interview.
- This SNU call is closed and is provided only to explain the nomination process.
- Obtain the next call and complete document list from your own partner university.
- Check your university’s nomination vacancy and local deadline.
- Prepare the current nomination form, TOPIK evidence and the documents named in that call.
- Follow the university nomination and foundation review process; admission alone is not selection.
Dates & intake
Standing Global Hope policy; the next university nomination call must be checked.
University recommendations normally occur in January and July. Checked 2026 calls are closed; no open next-intake deadline is established here.
The SNU department deadline was 8 July 2026. Use your own university’s next official call.
Open the intake guide ↗ (opens a new tab)Prepare these documents
The scholarship source does not provide a complete document checklist. Use the current program admission notice before preparing your submission.
Funding route & other awards
Admission first, nomination next
GKS recipients are excluded. Other-award treatment depends on the university and award type; do not assume the foundation grant can be added to every university scholarship.
Check the combination rules ↗ (opens a new tab)Keep the award
Continue only within the supported degree period and the foundation/university’s renewal review. Extra semesters are not covered.
Application decisions remain with the provider. These checkboxes stay on this page and are not submitted.